Bringing it back.

Upon browsing the internet for manual cameras (I'm finally taking the time to look) I was pleased and disappointed all at the same time. I was happy to find a manual camera that seemed reliable and easy to use. But upon further looking at this beautiful camera (otherwise known as a EOS ELAN 7NE) I found that it wasn't being made anymore. Photography is now dead to me. Once I get my manual I will refuse to lay a hand on my digital. It's really sad. And I thought that was bad enough. So after remembering about the HOLGA cameras I decided to take a look at their site and check out what they had to offer. Unfortunately every page I clicked on read this message...

I'm afraid to say that until this very moment they have been closed. The unassuming Holga is here to save you from a future of digital pixels and images shared on small screens on cameras or phones. We have all become numbed with photography, there is no denying it, but a chunky camera made almost entirely of plastic has been put on this Earth to save us. It will reawaken your vision, fill you with joy, make you see beauty when you thought it had disappeared forever, and bring out sunshine on a cloudy day. The unassuming Holga is here to save the analogue junky in a digital world. You no longer have to fear a future of digital pixels and images shared on small camera screens or phones. A chunky camera made almost entirely of plastic has been put on this Earth to save us.

I'm hoping this is just an away message and not a goodbye letter. What else is new in the fall of manual photography? Well The Impossible project teaming up with UO to bring back polaroid cameras and film. How sad is it that we now have to fight for our manual cameras. Because the mainstream soccer mom and scene kid in Wisconsin wanted all ill light badly edited photos in one convenient location. So you know what I say?

FUCK THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION.

I'm scared of what they can do next. We can always buy our cameras on ebay and stuff. But it's sad that you can't walk in a store knowing ahead of time they'll have the supplies for a manual you need. I know with my polaroid I walked into every store and knew the answer was going to be no before I even asked. Maybe next they'll just take away our film completely. A little extreme I know. But if no one makes manual cameras why does anyone need to make film. It's cause and effect. We wouldn't keep making toasters if the world stopped consuming bread. There'd be no market (Don't ask why I used toasters) Let's just hope this "impossible project" works out and let's big camera companies know there are still real artists out there that can and want to learn to appreciate the esthetic and process of a manual camera. I'm done ranting. G' night.